Radu Deac is considered the most important cardiac surgeon in Romania over the last two decades. He performed over 10,000 open-heart surgeries and 5,000 closed-heart surgeries. Some of his accomplishments include performing Romania's first complete heart valve replacement in 1983, participating in Romania's first heart transplant in 1999, and inventing artificial heart valves that bear his name. He received many honors over his career, including being named an honorary citizen of Târgu Mureș and receiving the National Order of the Star of Romania.

1. RADU DEAC

2. BIOGRAPHY
• Radu Deac (b. February 28, 1940, Zalău, Sălaj county) is a
Romanian surgeon, considered "the most important cardiac
surgeon of the last two decades" in Romania. He performed
10,000 open-heart surgeries, 5,000 closed-heart surgeries and
35 transplants.
• In 2010 he retired, after being a professor of surgery at the
University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Târgu Mureș, head of
the Vascular Surgery Clinic in Târgu Mureș and president of
the National Society of Cardiovascular Surgery.
• On December 4, 2013, Radu Deac was appointed as executive
director of the National Transplant Agency.
• He is a full member and vice-president of the Academy of
Medical Sciences.[1]
• After high school studies in Sighisoara at what is now the
"Mircea Eliade" National College,[3] Radu Deac studied
medicine at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy in Cluj.

3. AWARDS
The Emil Racoviță Award of
the Romanian Academy
Diploma of Excellence of
the College of Doctors
from Bucharest
Diploma of Excellence of
the Emergency Hospital,
Bucharest
Diploma of Excellence of
the Senate of the University
of Medicine and Pharmacy
in Târgu Mureș
Order of Knights of the
White Legion – Surgery,
Constanța
Honorary Citizen of the
Municipality of Târgu Mureș
Honorary Citizen of
Supurul de Jos Commune,
Sălaj County
National Order of the Star
of Romania, Commander
Grade
National Order of the Star
of Romania, Grand Officer
Degree, 2013
Fellow of The European
Board of Cardiothoracic
Surgery
Doctor Honoris Causa of
"Vitor Babeș" University,
Timișoara
Doctor Honoris Causa of
"Ovidius University" from
Constanța
Award of the Romanian
Academy for research in
the field of collagen
Knight's Health Merit

4. Inventions • He has at least three US patents
for artificial heart valves and
a number of Romanian patents
(including two artificial
valves, which bear his name).

5. Medical premiums
In August 1964, he succeeds in performing the first complete
surgical replacement of an animal's heart, that of a dog.
1983 - the first heart valve replacement with a biological valve
(in Romania).
1999 - participant in the first heart transplant operation in
Romania, and performed the second heart transplant in
Romania.
In addition to a vast activity in Romania (among which,
initiator of the 7 Institutes of Cardiovascular Diseases -
IBCvT), Radu Deac also has a rich activity abroad: between
1969-1970 he is a specialist at the University of Leeds, Great
Britain, where he is guided by Prof. Geoffrey Wooler, a
pioneer of cardio-thoracic surgery.